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Abandoned Acequia above La Sagura

Lee Lee: Landscape photograph of abandoned acequia that lay like bones across the fields above Blanca, Spain taken while on an artist residency at AADK

Abandoned acequia are laid out like bones in the terraces above Blanca. The headgates look like headstones resting within fallow fields. A few trees hold on, showing green leaves at their bases, but their future is bleak now that the water has been cut off. Daniela Jules Garza @duri_productions brought her feather and drum, playing into clouds warmed by the setting sun. We found the bees! After being saddened by the lack of pollinators in the pesticide laden orchards below, they were busily gathering nectar from desert flowers growing from the cracked earth. We even found a lizard 🦎 living in the remnants of moisture within one of the acequia drains. Acequia typically broaden alluvial plains to benefit wildlife. In this case, it’s the removal of the chemical load that provides the space for some to thrive.

Lee Lee: photograph - Native plants going to seed from the cracked earth of abandoned Acequia above Blanca, Spain
Lee Lee: portrait of Daniela Jules Garza in the abandoned Acequia above Blanca, Spain taken while on an artist residency at AADK
Daniela Jules Garza makes an offering to the land
Lee Lee: Landscape photograph of abandoned acequia that lay like bones across the fields above Blanca, Spain taken while on an artist residency at AADK
Lee Lee: Landscape photograph of abandoned acequia that lay like bones across the fields above Blanca, Spain taken while on an artist residency at AADK
Lee Lee: portrait of Daniela Jules Garza in the abandoned Acequia above Blanca, Spain taken while on an artist residency at AADK
Lee Lee: Landscape photograph of abandoned acequia that lay like bones across the fields above Blanca, Spain taken while on an artist residency at AADK
Lee Lee: Landscape photograph of abandoned acequia that lay like bones across the fields above Blanca, Spain taken while on an artist residency at AADK
Lee Lee: portrait of Daniela Jules Garza in the abandoned Acequia above Blanca, Spain taken while on an artist residency at AADK

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